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13 You must not refuse to obey this message from the Lord your God. Do not say, “We will not stay here in this land.” 14 Do not say, “We refuse to stay here. Instead, we will go to live in Egypt. There, we will not have trouble from wars. We will not hear the noise of trumpets as people fight battles. We will not be hungry because there is no food.” 15 If you say those things, then the Lord has a message for you, you people who remain in Judah. The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says, “If you decide to go and live in Egypt, I will cause you to have the same troubles there.

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13 “However, if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and so disobey(A) the Lord your God, 14 and if you say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt,(B) where we will not see war or hear the trumpet(C) or be hungry for bread,’(D) 15 then hear the word of the Lord,(E) you remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there,

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